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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-23
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From stations In the Memphis Dis
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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
OUR SPECIAL SERVICE.


Death of j. e. Hendry, Editor of the
Helena Independent, at 20 Years of
Age.
HELENA, MT, December 13.-[Special to
the Miner by. the Rocky Mountain Tele-
graph.]-J. f. Hendry, managing editor
Of the Independent, died at noon to-day.
Six weeks ago he contracted a cold, but no
one thought it was serious. The day of
the Manitoba celebration he was out for
an hour or two, but was compelled to re-
turn to his home. About two weeks ago
typhoid fever set in which after several
Kind friends and his business associates
we're untiring in their efforts to alleviate
his sufferings, and nurse him back
to his life OF usefulness, but it could not be.
Mr.. Hendry was born in New Brunswick
March 81, 1859, and when a youth went to
Minnesota, where he edited a weekly paper.
Later he came to Montana and was con-
nected with the Billings Herald, wal one of
the founders OF the Livingston Enterprise,
and later edited the Butte Town Talk. In
April, 1886, he became connected with the
Helena Independent, and about a year ago
assumed editorial charge. He was univer-
sally acknowledged to be the brightest
writer on the Montana press, with a fund
Of information surprising in o man so
young. Kind hearted, generous and q pleas
ant companion, Mr.. Hendry was one OF the
most popular men in Helena. Friends here
are awaiting a. vices from his father in New
Brunswick as to the disposition of the re-
mains.
The funeral of Hendry will take place on
Wednesday at 3 O'Clock from the Baptist
Church. The remains will be sent to Mac
Donald Point, New Brunswick.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
ON TRIAL.
The Assistant Cashier of the Fidelity Bank
Will Have u Hearing Now.

The Assistant Cashier of the Fidelity Bank
Will Have u Hearing Now.
CINCINNATI, December 13.-Tbe trial of
Benjamin 4. Hopkins. late assistant cashier
OF the Fidelity National Bank, began this
morning in the United States court, Judge
Sage presiding alone. The court struck
out six OF the forty or fifty counts. The
indictment as it remains was stated in sub
stance to be a charge of misapplication of
funds OF the Fidelity National Bank aud
making false entries in the books of the
bank. The defendant pleaded not guilty
and the court proceeded to secu:e b jury.
Mr.. Bruce, for the Government, stated
that they expected 20 show Hopkins had
at one time applied $4,000 0 OF the
Fidelity Bank funds and $4,000
at another time; that he had drawn per-
sonal checks upon the bank for large
amounts, when he had no funds to draw
upon, and that he had made false entries
in the books Of the bank representing
millions OF dollars used in the Wiltshire
wheat deal. MIR. Bateman, for the defense,
said that they would prove the defendant
a. not aware OF what was being donein
the bank and that he signed improper drafts
when handed hin with Others by HARPER,
not knowing their nature. Frank A.. Arm.
strong, OF Cincinnati, and John P. Snod-
grass, of Chicago, brokers, testified to
large deals in wheat made by them for
Hopkins. Hopkins told them the deals
were made on account of another who
was "strong" financially. He did not di.
vulge his principals name.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17


dation To- 10 limited and inadequate to
the present, let alone the coming needle OF the
town. OF the projects spoken Of at present
for the erection OF q large hotel, there are
three different locations mentioned. In the
existing condition Of the projected undertak-
ings, it would be premature to mention the
sites selected. There can be no question,
however, that q hotel which 10 to most ef-
fectually subserve the interests of the
town must be located on or neal Main
street. The presence of the street cars ia
cilitates sccess to the upper portion OF the
city as easily as the lower, it is true, yet to
strangers the labor of climbing to the up
per part of the town is something they do
not take to with avidity. For this reason
a site in tho lower central portion of the
city would be most advisable. The pro.
jects now being discussed may be expected
to assume definite shape in the near flu.
ture, and should Butte next spring see I'M.
der way more than one hotel enterprise, it
will simply be taken as evidence that the cap
italists of this city are alive to the coming
rush of travel which will inevitably set in
next wear.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17

The Republicans have thrown down the
gage OF battle to the Presidents message in
the bill introduced by Senator Farwell on
Monday to repeal the internal revenue tax
on tobacco in all forms. They accept Mr..
Blaine's assurances hat it is not a luxury,
but one OF the necessaries to tie sustenance
OF human life. The tax at present is 8
cents q pound on smoking and chewing to-
bacco and So a hundred on domestic
cigars. II any man who smokes q pipe or
cigar honestly believes that he will get his
tobacco for less than he now pays with
the internal revenue tax removed he is too
gullible IN individual to be allowed to wan
der far from home without a guardian.
The men who manufacture the tobacco IN
to forms for general use are the individuals
who would reap the major part OF the prof
it and the retail dealer would get what was
left. The tax on this luxury, which every
one except Mr.. Blaine regards it, is one of
the most easily borne in the whole list OF
taxes, and the argument that it should be
removed because it was put on during the
war is as specious q piece of claptrap bun
combe as vas ever used.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
PEACE TO HIS ASHES,

A brilliant light o; Montana journalism
was ex%tinguished yesterday in the
death OF ]. E. Hendry, the Helena indie.
pendent's bright and versatile managing
editor. Our special from there gives full
particulars Of the sad event. He was a
young man with a brilliant destiny before
him. In his all too short career he had
made his mark as a lucid, graceful writer, a
thinker, and a courteous gentleman incap-
able Of treating an antagonist with the
smallest approach to unfairness.
His loss will not soon be re-
placed.M The growing Northwest can
lily spare a man the beginning of whose
career gave promise OF so much that is
needful in shaping thought and directing
energy, and whose elevation OF ideas helped
to raise the standard OF journalism in the
Territory. Calm, temperate and self-pos-
sessed, abreast Of the times in all that is
best in modern thought, modest and
unassuming. quietly humorous, gifted with
keen common sense which he clothed in ex-
cellent English. the paper he so ably served
and the friends who knew him but to ad-
mire him sustain in his death a severe
blow
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
REGULATING ELECTIONS.
Chambers Bill to Throw Elections in he
South to the Republicans.

South to the Republicans.
WASHINGTON, December 1~3.-Chandler
has introduced a bill to regulate the hold
ing of elections in South Carolina, Florida,
Mississippi and Louisiana. 1t provides
for the appointment by the President. with
the advice and consent OF the Senate, four
Supervisors OF Election for each Congress.
sional district IN the States to which the
measure applies, who are required to sub
divide the districts into a sufficient num-
Der of voting precincts in each precinct.
The Circuit Court OF the United States is
to appoint four inspectors and poll clerks
who are to make registration OF voters and
conduct Congressional elections. The su-
peryisors are to act as h C~anvasslng board
TO receive returns and ascertain and declare
the result. The supervisors and in
spectors and poll clerks are to be
DlvIDE EQUALLY
between the two principal political parties.
To an Associated Press reporter, who
asked for an explanation Of the theory and
purpose of the bill, Chandler said it wls
drawn under that clause Of the Constitu-
ton which provides that the times and
places and the manner Of holding elections
for Representatives in Congress shall be
prescribed in each State by the Legislature
thereof, but Congress may by
law make or alter such regulations.
Said constitutional power is ample either
to pass II general law for all the States, enc
applicable to a number of States or IL spe-
cial law in respect to any particular State.
He said: at is my desire to secure, if posi-
BILE, the passage OF a national election law
in these States where there is manifest and
avowed suppression Of Republican sui
frage."
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17

The bill to limit immigration introduced
in the Senate on Monday lacks only one
additional provision to make it the most
sensible piece OF legislation projected in a
long while. In addition to the require
ments specified in the passport from An
American consul which each immigrant
must obtain that he is not q convict, pau
per, idiot or insane person, and can sup
port himself out Of the e he brings
with him for six months after landing here,
it should also be certified to that he is not
an Anarchist or Socialist, but has q sincere
respect and admiration for the Constitu-
ton and institutions of the United States,
and is perfectly satisfied to be allowed the
privilege of living under the wise and lib
eral system OF Government therein pro.
yido6 for
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
General Kirby Smith Dead.

New YORK, December 14.-General
Thomas Kirby Smith, of Philadelphia, a
distinguished soldier in the war of the 70.
bellion, died here to-day, aged 81 years,
He waS chief OF General Grants staff at
the close of the war. His illness was O,
short duration, and his death was very un..
expected. He studied law with Salmon
P. Chase, and was admitted to the bar in
1S46: In 1856 President Pierce appointed
him United States Marshal for the South
ern District OF Ohio, which position he re-
tanned until the accession of Pres;dant
Buchanan. He took part in MANY imnor~
tant engagements during the war, and re-.
manned in the field until 1864, when sick.
ness contracted by exposure compelled him
to retire.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
A MURDERER
Arrested a Second Time After Complet,nr
a Flve-Year Sentence,

Arrested a Second Time After Complet,n,
FIve-Year Sentence.
LA PORTE, Ind. December 12.-Hen,v
Augustine, who was released from tia
Northern Indiana prison this morning,
where he has just completed a five years cen.
tence for manslaughter, was concerned in
the preparation OF one OF the most shock.
ing tragedies recorded in the criminal an.
nails of the State. When he was about 10
years OF age in December, 1880, he went to
visit the family of his uncle, James Angus.
tine, who lived in New Durham township,
The family consisted OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Augustine, two grown sons, Christian and
James, and three little girls. Henry bad
some candy and whisbey with him which
! he offered to the family with the intention
of poisoning them, but both were so bitter
and unpalatable that none OF the members
OF the family partook OF them. At mid.
night Henry left the bedroom where he was
to sleep with James and made his way to
| the room where the old folks were s%leepir.
and
SHOT HIS UNCLE N AUNT.
The noise brought the two sons to the res.
cue, and as Christian came down the stairs
he received a shot that killed himinstantlE.
He then shot James, inflicting only a trivia
hurt. James and Henry Immediately
closed and a desperate struggle ensued for
| the possession of the revolver, which was
finally secured by James. The murderer
escaped finally, being heard OF in Neponse.,
Illinois, where he formerly lived. A watch
was placed ON a girl who resided there and
with whom he used to keep company, aud
it was discovered that she had mailed
letter to William J. Caruthers," who was
| discovered at length to be the fugitive. The
TRIVIAL CHARACTER
| OF the sentence imposed upou him by the
jury, who returned a verdict of mar.
slaughter only, was severely condemned
by every one who had a knowledge OF tie
crime, and they have never been satisfied
that justice was done in the cas-. August.
inc was accordingly again rearrested to.
day Immediately upon his liberation,
charged with having killed his uncle. and
ne will probably have a herring at the
February term OF court. htl':ti.h the
murders he committed occurred many
years ago, there is still an intense interest
manifested in Henry Augustine, interest
by parties familiar with all the cireunl'
| stances, and the second trial appearsllkelT
to.be much more sensational than the
first.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
WHITE WINGED PEACE.
The Subject of President Carnot's Message
to the Chamber.

The Subject of President Carnot's Message
to the Chamber.
PARIS, December 13.-President Carnot's
message was submitted to the Chamber to.
day. He advocates the policy of concord
and appeasement and urges the adoption
OF practical reforms for the improvement Of
finance. The Chamber, he says, in assist
ing the Government to execute this pro-
gramme will give Europe a precious pledge
OF Frances ardent desire for tie consolida-
ton OF general peace and facilitate the de.
velopment OF good foreign relations. The
Government is DESTROYS to give g. large
share OF attention to the land and sea,
forces. 1t is for the Chamber to endow the
Government with power to execute a nro-
gramme which will secure for the country an
era OF peaceable, fruitful activity, thus civ
ing Europe a pledge of the ardent desire
OF France to strengthen the general peace
and assist In the development of good re-
latlons between the powers. The MESSAGE
was well received. After it had been read
the chambers adjourned until Thursday.
NO CASE AGAINST WILSON.
The Court OF Arrangement has nro.
nounced that no case has been established
against NJ. Wilson, M. Grevy's son.in-law
in connection with the decoration scandal
The charges against him have. therefora
been dropped.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
H~ORSEWHIPPED BY GIRLS,
An Editor Gets a Thrashing for Traduc-
ing High-Schoo1 Pupils.

ing High-School Pupils.
HAMMOND, Ind, Dec. 13.-S. B. Towle,
editor of the Echo, published here, was
h~erse-whipped as he left his Office last
night by three young school girls, whom he
had slandered in yesterdays issue OF his
paper. The high school girls had petition.
ed for an additional stove in their study
room, which petition the Echo character.
lied as brainless and silly, and the girls
returned in kind in the columns of the
Hammond Independent of Tuesday,. Yes.
terday the Echo devoted three quarters oil
a column to the most vindictive abuse OF
the girls in question and intimated that
they were of doubtful character. This 80
enraged them that they armed themselves
with
AYENNE PEPPER N HORSEWHIPs,
and three OF them, Miss Birdie Hammond,
Miss Julia Parlier and Miss Guthrie, took
up positions in front OF the Echo Office.
As the editor came down the sidewalk
they threw pepper in his face and then be-
labored ais head and back with whips
until he begged for mercy and ran up the
street to escape. The young ladies follow
ed him about half a block and continued
to lash him until he broke away across
the block between the houses, falling into
the ditch and losing his hat. Into the
yard they still followed him, where be
to shoot them. He finally got
away, but is badly used up. The young
ladies are about Is or 16 years old and are
highly respected.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
$500, 600 DAMAGES.
The Torts'ita Mining Company Sues James
G. kennatt for the Herald Lihels-

Inc 1Ortstlta Mining Sues James
G. Bennett for the Herald Libels,
New YoRE, December 14.-The Tortilita
Gold AMI Silver Mining Company has
brought suit against James Gordon Bennett
Tor an alleged libel, claiming $500, 900
damages. Thu company's mines are in
Arizona, aud it has offices in this CITY. r.
was capitalized at 81, 900, 600, divided
into 200. 900 shares, which were extensively
advertised ard sold. The comnlaint
against Bennett is based upon an article
published in the Herald, in which it was as.
serted that the TortiIita mining scheme
was q colossal bunko scheme" 1t ia al.
legged that plaintiff has suffered actuol
peconiary loss and damage to the snm
OF SooO,0o0.' Joseph III. Beall. President
OF the company, has brought suit in the
same court individually against Beonett
Tor alleged libel, claiming $3.50, 900 dam.
ages. He says the publication created the
IMPRESSION among plaintiffs %acouaint-
ances and the public that the plaintiff was
running a dishonest enterprise and swind.
ling people out OF their money by SELLING
worthless mining stock" s
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
WANTED-A BIG HOTEL.

The Omaha papers nscribe their defeatin
securing the Republican National Conven-
ton to their lack of hotel facilities. They
are doubtless correct. In the important
point OF railway communication, Omaha
is sufficiently supplied with a network OF
roads in every direction to bring the
crowds attending a national convention to
her with ease. Chicago with her enormous,
frst-class hotel accommodation can ham
die the biggest crowds OF any city west OF
New York. The hotel accommodations of
the city have always kept pace with it's
growth. and the traveller con visit it with
the certainty OF finding ample hotel &C.
c~ommodation at all times and OF all de-
s%criptions. At the present time Helena
comes nearest of any town in Montana to
meeting the requirements OF the age in the
way OF hotels. Though in no way supplied
with such natural res>n' COS as Butte, Hell
ena has three excell'n n. i" tells, all of which
are successfully con ur,ed. Butte, which
will, for the next two or three years GER
tainly, be the spot in the world
upon which all eyes will be
VuAAVu oc viz AAAA4 0OuICc VI
copper supply, to which every one will look
as h replaced supremest importance IN the
copper market, has not a hotel that for
size or appearance is fit to be mentioned in
the same breath with those OF Helena.
They saited the requirements OF Butte
when it was first incorporated, but the
village has grown to a city and what was
good enough for those days is scarcely up
to the requirements of the present time.
There are two or three projects on foot for
tho erection Of a hotel to cost in the neigh
borhood OF a couple OF hundred Thousand
dollars next spring. These rumors have
been heard here before and they have
come to nothing. But at the present time
conditions exist in Butte which make it
imperative that the erection OF a first.class
hotel OF good size, and conducted in q style
commensurate with it's ~pretensions, should
be actively undertaken early in the
spring. No one OF sense or intelli- |
gence denies that Butte will enter
then upon the most prosperous
era OF it's existence. Forces are at work
that are inevitably bound to give this town
the greatest boom it has yet experienced.
The days OF supine inertness and waiting
the trade that is bound to come to you
have passed. Railroads are coming in here
which will make Butte q center to which
travel will be attracted as Aies are by a
sugar barrel. Men will come here to secure
the trade OF it's merchants, to see the won
ders OF the greatest copper camp on earth,
to invest their money in the rich field that
awaits the ~prospector. Butte's richness as
. mining camp 10 only beginning to be
known in the csnters Of speculation of the
land, and capitalists will make this their
Mecca. They must DO lodged suitably.
Chey cannot be now. Our hotel accommo.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
HIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Number of Important Bills Intro.
duced In tho Senate.
Montana Petitions for Amendment OF
the Alien Land Law.
Senator Cull0m Presents o Postal Te1e'
graph Bill.
Also q Bill to Amend the Interstate
Commerce Act.
Fifteen Gentlemen Selected by the House
a5 Committee on Elections.

WASHINGTON, December 13.-After the
presentation of alarge number OF petitions
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Committee on Finance
reported back the Senate bill to credit and
pay to the several States and Territories
and to the District OF Columbia, all moneys
collected under the direct tax act OF 5th ot
August, 1861.
Mr.. Ingalls, introduced bills to remove
the limitation in payment of arrears o.
pensions: granting arrears in certain cases
to those pensioned by certain acts OF Con
gress.
Other bills were introduced, among them
the following:
By Mr.. Sherman: For the preservation
of woods and forests adjacent to the
sources of navigable rivers and theil
a%ffluents.
By Mr.. Hoar: A constitutional amend
ment for the extension of the Congressional
term till the last Tuesday in April.
BY Mr.. Cullom: To amend the Inter
State Commerce act, also for the establish
ment and operation OF an United States
Postal Telegraph; also to equalize rates o!
pensions in certain cases; also to extend
the pension laws to steamboat men and
others acting under orders OF the United
States officers.
By Mr.. Jones, OF Arkansas: Opening
the great Sioux reservation in Nebraska tC
settlement.
BY Mr.. Frye: To promote the political
progress and commercial prosperity of the
American nation.
By Mr.. Gray: To establish a court o.
appeals.
Mr.. Platt offered a resolution to amend
the rules so that hereafter the Senate shall
consider and act upon treaties and execu'
tive nominations in open session, except
when otherwise ordered. Referred to the
Committee on Rules.
On motion of Mr.. Cockrell the Select
Committee of the last Congress On meth.
DDS in the Executive Departments was con.
tinued with leave to report at any time
prior to the 25th of January.
Mr.. Dolph called up the bill introduced
by him yesterday to provide for fortifica-
tions and other seacoast defenses. On his
motion it was referred to the Committee
on Coast Line Defences.
By MI. Stanford: To appropriate $780,
900 for a quarantine station at San Fran
cisco.
BY Mr.. Mitchell: To authorize the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to establish three
additional life saving stations on the Ore.
gon coast.
By Mr.. Teller: To increase the pension
of Mrs. General Ward B. Bennett to 1922
per month.
A petition of the Council and House oil
Representatives OF the Territory OF Mon.
tana was presented in favor of the amend
ment of the alien land law, so as to exclude
mineral lands in the Territory from it's op:
Grafton.
Senate then adjourned till Tomorrow.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
National Federation of Labor.

BALTIMORE, December lathe second
annual convention OF the National FEEDER
alton of Labor met in this city to-day. Del
egates were received by Mayor Latrobe,
who addressed them and rendered the hos
FATALITIES of the city. N. B. Talbot, on the
part OF the Baltimore Federation of Labor,
made an address of welcome. The COM
mittee on credentials was appointed, and
the convention took a recess until $3.50
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-17
The House.

A large number OF executive communica-
tions were laid before the House by the
Speaker and appropriately referred, and
then at 1910 p. m. a recess " as taken till
1 O'Clock. After recess Speaker Carlisle
having called Mills, of Texas, to the chair,
the committee offered a resolution declaring
that the following gentlemen shall consti-
tute the Committee of Elections: Messrs.
Crisp. chairman; O'Ferrel, Cultivate, Bar
~, Marsh, Heard, johnson of North Caro-
lima, O'Neill OF Indiana, Moore, Rowell,
Houk, Cooper. Lyman, Johnson OF Indiana
and Lodge. The resolution was unani-
mously adopted. The Speaker having re-
sumed the chair, directed that all papersi in
the various contested casec be referred to
the committee, and then the House ad-
journed till Friday.